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| Time: 00:05 EST/05:05 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Can we really foresee a Microsoft-free environment? Notwithstanding the fact it will be many years before very many corporate users might be able to work in a "Microsoft-free" environment, there appears to be significant effort being put forth to make it a reality. From the geekiest tech pubs, like the Java Developer's Journal to august ones such as The Wall Street Journal, circumventing Microsoft is a hot topic. I choose "circumvention" deliberately, as many of the strategies intend not so much to eliminate Microsoft from the equation but to limit our dependence on Microsoft and limit the payments users make to same. Some circumvention techniques are endorsed - and even sold - by Microsoft, whereas others are completely outside of its control. In the former category, we find both "terminal services" and "virtual PC" technologies. Microsoft sells terminal services licenses directly and indirectly via its agreements with Citrix Systems. Virtual PC (and virtual server) technologies are sold in Microsoft boxes. | ||
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| #1 By 9589 (66.26.227.109) at 3/21/2005 1:07:31 AM |
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It is always interesting to hear how this or that user, group, or company is "breaking" Microsoft. Yet, quarter after quarter, Microsoft publishes record revenues and earnings plus 90%+ market penetration in its core software products and ever deeper penetration into the new markets that it has taken on.
Laughable is the author's specific reference to an instance that is "circumventing" Microsoft. The author points us to a company named Salesforce.com that provides a product that is accessed completely on line. This is supposedly an instance where the underlying OS and browser can be any companies. Of course, the author is wrong. First of all, Salesforce.com sells a product known as CRM or Customer Resource Managment software. This software is designed to better coordinate the sales efforts of a company's sales force. Yet, the author fails to mention that the company offers a non on line product as well. And, PC Magazine points out, "As much as we liked salesforce.com, it lacks a few features we'd like to see in a future edition. You can't create recurring appointments in the calendar in the application itself; you have to use the Outlook plug-in." In other words, you have to access the product running Windows because if you want to keep your appointment book you have to be running Office which only runs on Windows. Although I do not know this particular company's CRM product well, I suspect that it is probably best viewed using IE, too! Hey, if I could find the above information with a few clicks of the mouse in MSN search why didn't the bone head that wrote the article also find the same information? Or did he, and hoped that no one would dig a little to see if he was credible? |
| #2 By 8556 (12.217.161.186) at 3/21/2005 12:03:39 PM |
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I suspect that many, if not most, businesses would set up multiple OS boot capabilities on their workstations before doing a company wide switch from Windows to Linux. The setup is easy and allows people to experience with Linux before making a complete changeover, which could be a very painful process. My experience is that the cost of using Windows and not a driving force in changing to Linux. If a company can’t afford $175 per seat every three years to run Windows they have bigger problems that need to be addressed.
With the exception of Access, OpenOffice 1.1.4 (and the 2.0 beta) is now a viable and easy to use alternate to MS Office. |
| #3 By 665 (198.51.49.2) at 3/21/2005 1:09:17 PM |
| quux, yeah, it is a repost... mistakes happen every now and then but this one is getting people's blood pressure up a second time :-) |
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